Toy chair



F. KARSCHETZ.

Patented Dec. 14,1920.

R O T N E V m A'E'TORNEY and a foot rest 15.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKTKARSCHIVTZ, OF'BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

TOY CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec 14, 1920.

Application filed January 5. 1920. Serial No. 349.522.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, FRANK KARsoHITz, a citizen of the Republic of Hungary, resid ing at 726 John St, Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Toy Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

I The object of the present invention is to provide a novel toy chair adapted to be used either as a stationary or a swinging chair, which will be extremely simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and attractive in appearance.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises the construction and arrangement of parts as now to be described and hereinafter specifically claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the chair used in connection with a stand as a swinging chair; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the chair detached from the stand, as when used as a stationary chair.

The stand comprises parallel uprights 10 which are connected at the top by a cross rod 11 and are strengthened by braces 12.

The chair comprises a back 13, a seat 14, The opposite sides of the seat are bent downwardly at right angles, as indicated at 16, and each downwardly bent portion is secured to a strip 17 of material. The opposite sides of the back are bent backwardly at right angles, as indicated at 18, and each backwardly bent portion is attached to a strip of material which comprises a rear leg 19. The arms and front legs of the chair consist of strips of material bent as clearly shown. Theupper ends of the strips are secured to the opposite sides of the back, as indicated at 20, the strips are bent forwardly at right angles to produce the arms 21, downwardly at right angles to produce the front legs 22, and again forwardly at right angles to produce attaching portions 23 for the foot rest. Each of the arms is provided with a plate, indicated at 24, and through each plate is a rectangular opening 25. On each of the strips 17 and directly below each rectangular opening, is a headed pin 26, and the ends of said strips are attached to the front and rear legs, respectively.

The connecting rod for the upri hts pivotally carries hanger straps 27. ach strap has therein an osetportion 28 near its upper end, and each is provided at its lower end'with a fastening slot 29.

. A table 30 is provided at its opposite ends with strips Sl-of material, and the inner end of each of these strips is bent downwardly at right angles. One of these down wardly bent portions is pivotally attached to a front leg near its upper end, as indi-' cated at 32, so that the table may be swung upwardly and downwardly on the pivot, and the other downwardly bent portion has therein a U-shaped slot Near the upper end of the other front leg is a headed pin 34 on which the upper wall of the U-shaped slot is adapted to rest when the table is swung to 1ts horlzontal position and across the front of the chair, as will be readily under-- stood.

The toy chair may be used in connection with the stand, as disclosed in Fig. 1, or it maybe used without the stand, as disclosed in F 1g. 2. In both instances, the manipulahanger straps are passed through the rec-' tangular holes in the plates and the lower ends of the hanger straps are sprung outwardly to allow the heads of the pins to pass through the enlargedparts of the fastening slots. the chair is allowed to carry the headed pins to the bottoms of the fastening slots. The heads on the pins will insure a reliable connection. To remove the chair the operation is reversed.

The arrangement is such that when the chair is attached to the hanger straps, the upper ends of the straps are held close to the upper portions of the uprights to prevent lateral movement of the chair. The offset portions provide space between each hanger strap and the adjacent upright, so that there will be no interference between the swinging chair and the stand.

What I desire to claim is:

1. A toy chair comprising a back whose The lower ends are then released and opposite sides are bent backwardly at right angles, a seat whose opposite sides are bent downwardly at right angles, a "foot rest, a pair of angularly bent strips connecting said back and foot rest and comprising 'the side arms and front legs of the chair, a pair of rearlegs secured to the backwar'dly bent portions of said back, and a pair of strips secured to the downwardly bent portions of said seat and having their front and rear ends, respectively, connected to the front and rear legs intermediate their lengths.

2. Atoy chair eomprising a back, a seat, a foot rest, ;a pair of side arms, and four legs, said side arms carrying plates having rectangular openings and said seatcarrying strips havingheaded pinsthereon in alinement with said rectangular openings in combination with astand having uprights and a cross rod connecting the uprights andpivotally carrying hanger straps having offset portions attheir upper ends and fastening slots at their lower ends, the hanger straps .and having disengageable connectlon, by

means of said fastening slots, with the headed pins, the whole arranged so that the upper ends of said hanger straps lie close to the upper ends of said uprights and thus c prevent lateral movement of the chair. 7

3. -A toy chair comprising a back, a seat, a foot rest, side arms, legs, and a pivoted table, said side armscarrying plates having openings and said seatccarrying strips having headed pins in 'alinement with said openings, in combination with a stand having parallel uprights and a cross rod connecting the uprights and pivotally carrying hanger straps havingxoffset portions at their upper .endsand fastening slots at their lower ends, the hanger straps passing through said openings and having disengageable'connection, by means of said fastening slots, with the headed pins.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

" FRANK KARSCHITZ. 

